...that historically hospital train usage has ranged from trains equipped to transport wounded
soldiers, with basic
nursing and
first aid facilities on board, to fully equipped mobile medical centres, sometimes including
operating theatres and nursing wards?
...that most tracks of the Chemins de Fer Syriens are limited to a top speed of 80 km/h (50 mph) in part due to a lack of
interlockedsignalling, with most of the system operating on a
token based system?
...that
ALCO's 251 engine model, first designed in 1951 and offered in
inline-6,
V12 and
V16 configurations, proved successful enough that it is still available for purchase from
Fairbanks-Morse for new applications?
...that the period of operations for the Bristol Railroad, a 6-mile (9.7 km) long railroad in
Vermont, was short enough that one man, John S. Burt, rode both the grand opening train on January 5, 1892, and the final train on April 12, 1930?
...that the Festungsbahn in
Salzburg,
Germany, opened in 1892 as a water balance
funicular, was later modernized in 1960 to use
electric traction and again modernized in 1991 with new cars that allowed a higher passenger capacity and faster speed reducing the travel time for its 198-metre (650 ft) length to one minute?
...that the surviving British Railways Mark 1 sleeping cars, built between 1957 and 1964, have been decontaminated of their
asbestos insulation and are kept for their value as museum exhibits, as much as for sleeping accommodation for museum and
heritage railway volunteers?
...that Łódź Kaliska railway station opened by the Warsaw - Kalisz Railway in 1902 in
Łódź,
Poland, was rebuilt in 1994 and is still in use providing connections to all major cities of Poland?
...that historically hospital train usage has ranged from trains equipped to transport wounded
soldiers, with basic
nursing and
first aid facilities on board, to fully equipped mobile medical centres, sometimes including
operating theatres and nursing wards?
...that most tracks of the Chemins de Fer Syriens are limited to a top speed of 80 km/h (50 mph) in part due to a lack of
interlockedsignalling, with most of the system operating on a
token based system?
...that
ALCO's 251 engine model, first designed in 1951 and offered in
inline-6,
V12 and
V16 configurations, proved successful enough that it is still available for purchase from
Fairbanks-Morse for new applications?
...that the period of operations for the Bristol Railroad, a 6-mile (9.7 km) long railroad in
Vermont, was short enough that one man, John S. Burt, rode both the grand opening train on January 5, 1892, and the final train on April 12, 1930?
...that the Festungsbahn in
Salzburg,
Germany, opened in 1892 as a water balance
funicular, was later modernized in 1960 to use
electric traction and again modernized in 1991 with new cars that allowed a higher passenger capacity and faster speed reducing the travel time for its 198-metre (650 ft) length to one minute?
...that the surviving British Railways Mark 1 sleeping cars, built between 1957 and 1964, have been decontaminated of their
asbestos insulation and are kept for their value as museum exhibits, as much as for sleeping accommodation for museum and
heritage railway volunteers?
...that Łódź Kaliska railway station opened by the Warsaw - Kalisz Railway in 1902 in
Łódź,
Poland, was rebuilt in 1994 and is still in use providing connections to all major cities of Poland?